Hearth & Home Smoky Mountain

(3.17)
Hearth & Home Slow-Aged is a new addition to the Hearth & Home Family. But this tobacco is unique and we know our P&C Faithful will love it! Smoky Mountain, made with dark-fired, combines time and pressure that impacts the tobacco flavor. The blend was pressed into cakes and transferred to holding presses for a month to make the flavors deeper, richer, and smoother. For those that are on the hunt for new and exciting, pick up a tin of Hearth & Home Slow-Aged Smoky Mountain!

Details

Brand Hearth & Home
Series Slow-Aged Series
Blended By  
Manufactured By Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blend Type Virginia/Burley
Contents Kentucky, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Krumble Kake
Packaging 1.75 oz. tin
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Medium to Strong
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Full
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.17 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 16, 2020 Medium to Strong None Detected Medium to Full Tolerable
The very smoky, woody, floral, nutty, herbal, vegetative, mildly incense-like, dry, very sour and spicy, leathery, slightly barbecue sweet dark fired Kentucky is the major component. The grassy, citrusy Virginias also offer light tangy dark fruit, wood, earth and a couple of floral notes. They are an important condiment. This blend starts out at the medium mark, but by the half way point, gathers some potency. Overall, the strength and nic-hit are a couple of steps past the medium threshold. The taste is a rung past that mark as it just falls short of the center of medium to full. No chance of bite or harshness, but there is a small rough edge present. This blend was pressed into a cake and then placed in a holding press for a month. That reduced the strength a mite, but also smoothly rounded out the flavors, and eliminated many of the rough edges. It also created a mellower, smoother, sweeter, matured, lightly fermented quality to the experience. No chance of bite or harshness exists here. The moisture level is temperate, and the tobacco is ready to smoke as is. No matter how you prepare this easily broken apart plug, it burns cool, clean and a tad slow with a very consistent, mildly complex and sweet, and a touch more sour, spicy savory blend. The aspects translate to the pleasantly lingering after taste, and stronger room note. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, though it requires some relights. Not an all day smoke, but it’s repeatable.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 05, 2021 Strong None Detected Full Pleasant to Tolerable
Hearth & Home - Smoky Mountain (Slow Aged).

A single piece of dark brown kake, breaking down the middle, a little moist but not too wet for immediate smoking. With a gentle rub a coarse consistency can be achieved; for a cool, long smoke.

Certain blends afford the justification for many descriptive words, others don't. To me this is congruent with the latter. The smoke offers lots of Kentucky, albeit more smoky and fragrant than sharp or bitter. There's less, much less, Virginia. But, although nowhere near as headstrong as the Kentucky there's a definite presence of ripe fruit and a speck of ''freshness''. The burn's as good as it gets; slow, cool smoke, very independent once lit. Lots of flavour but no bite.

Nicotine: Strong. Room-note. Not ''too'' bad.

Smoky Mountain? Four stars, for sure:

Highly recommended.

Pipe Used: Jambo meerschaum
PurchasedFrom: Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: One month
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 25, 2020 Strong None Detected Full Strong
First of all, it gives a salty taste which follows you for most of the first 1/3rd of the bowl, then it goes peppery and then bitter... As you go through the bowl and pass the half mark, you still have the saltyness with an acrid bold woody undertone which I can only relate to Burly. It has a Heavy retrohale and I couldn't reverse retrohale _I call when you sip, release and inhale through the nose without inhaling the smoke to your lungs, reverse retrohale_ it without cuffing at first. Nicotine hits you in the last 1/3rd of the bowl, with a little sweetness. And the bitterness, ah the bitterness is killing me right now... Beware... it's Not suitable for the inexperienced pipe smoker at all!
Pipe Used: Hilson churchwarden
PurchasedFrom: Local tobacconist in Dallas, Texas
Age When Smoked: Unknown
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 24, 2021 Medium to Strong None Detected Medium Tolerable
So I saw this a little while ago and I thought that it would be up my alley. So this is a product of the Slow-Aged series. The description on pipesandcigars tells me that it was pressed into cakes and then held in a press for a month to smooth and mature the flavors.

The packaging is timeless. It makes me want to fill a bowl and sit in front of a fire. When opened I found a brick of densely pressed tobacco, which is very dark in colour. The cake really reminds me of the John Cotton's Double Pressed Kentucky. It crumbles out into what would describe as a broken flake. The smell in the tin is deep like the smell of burning leaves on the wind, some hay, and spice. It's easy to pack and light.

Once lit it makes a lot of white smoke. The Kentucky is what I taste the most, tangy, woody, and barbecue-y with a slight spice. The Virginias add sweetness and roundness. The smoothness reminds me of some of the English Burleys I've been smoking. The flavour is deep and rich.

The taste is a medium, with a nice full body and a nice aftertaste. The strength is a medium-strong, I can feel it slightly and I've eaten about 2 hours ago. This burns slow and cool. The room note is Burley forward so keep that in mind. This is a very nice smokable blend that reminds me a lot of John Cotton's Double Pressed Kentucky.
Pipe Used: Savinelli St Nicholas
PurchasedFrom: Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 29, 2023 Medium to Strong None Detected Full Tolerable
Tin note of barbeque fruit. Tobacco is a reddish dark brown Krumble Kake that measures over a 1/2 thick. Somewhat dense and has a good moisture content. Breaks apart and rubs out easily. Some may want to dry it a bit. Burns slow with a few extra relights. The strength is medium to strong and nic is medium. No flavoring detected. Taste is full and consistent, with notes of citrus, bread, sour fermented, vegetation, smoky, acidic, wood, earth, very dry, bitter, floral, leather, spice, vinegary, mildly spicy, lemon zest, a sweet tart and tangy dark fruit background note, and a moderate peppery retro. Virginia is leading with Kentucky supporting. Room note is tolerable, and aftertaste is great.
Pipe Used: English Captain Black Sandblasted X188
Age When Smoked: 2 years
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 28, 2022 Medium to Strong None Detected Medium Tolerable
Admittedly, my palette for Kentucky tobaccos is limited, but I did not enjoy Smoky Mountain. The first third of the bowl was nice, exhibiting perfumy fragrance and some sweetness, but as time went on, the flavor transformed into an acrid stink, not unlike car exhaust. There is a subtle vegetal note and bitterness, kind of like green beans if I were to give it a flattering profile. Everything else is fine -- it burns well and stays lit, and the strength is appreciated, but I can't withstand the acrid flavors enough to enjoy it.
Pipe Used: Crown Manola Sandblast 608
Age When Smoked: 1 Day
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